Prep for Black Butterflies: Improving Outcomes for Young Women and Girls of Color
"In New York City in 2011, 90% of all girls subject to explusion were Black. No white girls were expelled..." from Black Girls Matter: Pushed Out, Overpoliced and Unprotected a report by the African American Policy Forum and Columbia Law School's Center for Intersectionality and Social Policy Forum. In the report, authors Kimberlé Crenshaw, Jyoti Nanda and Priscilla Ocen raise awareness around the challenges faced black girls and women and their long-term effects.
Read the full report here.
Then, on Monday, December 14th @ 8pm EST, join myself, Lara Davis and Cidra Sebastien for the next #flyychat- Black Butterflies: Improving Outcomes for Young Women and Girls of Color. Add your voice to the conversation! Join us!
a
new report by the African American Policy Forum and Columbia Law
School’s Center for Intersectionality and Social Policy Studies. - See
more at:
http://portside.org/2015-02-04/black-girls-matter-pushed-out-overpoliced-and-underprotected#sthash.noLjUsJS.dpuf
a
new report by the African American Policy Forum and Columbia Law
School’s Center for Intersectionality and Social Policy Studies. - See
more at:
http://portside.org/2015-02-04/black-girls-matter-pushed-out-overpoliced-and-underprotected#sthash.noLjUsJS.dpuf
a
new report by the African American Policy Forum and Columbia Law
School’s Center for Intersectionality and Social Policy Studies. - See
more at:
http://portside.org/2015-02-04/black-girls-matter-pushed-out-overpoliced-and-underprotected#sthash.noLjUsJS.dpuf
a
new report by the African American Policy Forum and Columbia Law
School’s Center for Intersectionality and Social Policy Studies. - See
more at:
http://portside.org/2015-02-04/black-girls-matter-pushed-out-overpoliced-and-underprotected#sthash.noLjUsJS.dpuf
2 comments:
I love your series and wish I were home more to participate in your chats!!!
Thought I would share some photos of an Emosilla "emotion chair" workshop that we happened to do with 6 girls aged 5-8 this weekend. Ilaria from Argentina is here in Boston and she coordinates all the FabKidz programs in Latin America. We skyped with children from Columbia, Costa Rica, Mexico and Peru who were doing the same workshop.
The girls explored their emotions, drew a picture of their favorite emotion, lasercut their drawings as faces on wood, then built chairs. It was amazing to see even the youngest children loving the process of putting the chairs together and having an opportunity to swing the big rubber mallet to get the press fit parts to fit together. Then of course they loved painting! They were so proud of what they had done. I think that giving girls an opportunity to create something from their hearts and to make something where they say, "I can do that!" really supports their self-efficacy, belief in themselves as learners!
Here is are the photos from the workshop:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/28629285@N02/albums/72157661894110112
This won't help all the things they are up against when they walk out of the door, but it creates a time and space where they are loved and encouraged. Thank you for having a chat to support our youth and imagining what adults can do to change the conditions that affect their lives.
Dear Zackboston,
"Thank you" doesn't seem like enough! This is a wonderful post...I mean, thank you so much for sharing it with me! And this project..it's ridiculous! The pictures are breathtaking! I want to learn more about your work! Let's find some time to chat!
Again, THANK YOU!!!!
Until Soon,
Robyne
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